Salt-shaker.



F. GIESENHAUS.

SALT SHAKER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4. 1914.

1,157,24. Patented Oct. 19, 1915,

1 y mlulllllllI W Witmvzooao FRED GIESENI-IAUS, 0F MUSCATINE, IOWA.

SALT-SHAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (Pet. 19, 1915.

Application filed June 4, 1914. Serial No. 843,001.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Fnnn GIEsENHAUs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Muscatine, in the county ofMuscatine and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Salt-Shakers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a condiment holder such as a salt shaker andthe principal object of the invention is to provide the salt shaker withan improved type of agitator so that the salt in the shaker will be keptloose and thus prevented from forming into a solid cake.

Another object of the invention is to provide an agitator which is soconstructed that it will eiiectively break up cake salt in case a cakeshould form in the shaker.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View through a shaker provided with theimproved agitator; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through theshaker taken along the line 22 of Fig. 1.

The shaker l0 is provided with a perforated cover 11 which is movablyconnected with the shaker by means of the collar 12.

The agitator which is mounted in the shaker 10 comprises a cylindricalbody portion or sleeve 13 which has one end portion provided with slotsforming tongues or feet 14 which rest upon the bottom of the shaker.These tongues or feet 14 not only support the main portion of thecylinder 13 above the bottom of the disk but also form means for cuttingsalt in the bottom of the shaker, breaking it in lumps which may formbut cannot be reached by the prongs 15 and 16.

The prongs 15 are placed in the cylinder in vertical rows and arearranged in stag-' gered relation as shown in Fig. 1 so that they willserve very effectively to break up a lump of salt which may form withinthe cylinder.

The prongs 16 are arranged in radiating relation at the end of thecylinder and will serve to break up any lumps which may not have beenbroken up by the prongs 15 or tongues 14.

Then the salt shaker is to be filled the cylinder is first put in placeand the salt then poured into the shaker. The cover 11 is then put inplace and secured by means of the collar 12. As the shaker is used thecylinder will move longitudinally in the shaker and this will cause theteeth 15 and 16 and tongues 14 to break up any lumps which may form inthe shaker. The prongs 15 and 16 will have a tendency to cut the saltand the tongues 14 will have a tendency to pound the lumps of salt thusbreaking them up. It will thus be seen that the lumps will be pounded aswell as cut and that therefore the salt will be very rapidly broken upand ground to a powder.

What is claimed is 1. A salt shaker, a cylinder loosely mounted withinsaid shaker and having its inner end portion cut to form tonguesconstituting supporting feet and pounding elements, prongs positionedwithin said cylinder and extending toward the center thereof, and prongspositioned adjacent the outer end of the cylinder and extending inradiating relation.

2. An agitator of the character described comprising a cylindrical bodyportion having one end portion provided with longitudinally extendingslots forming pounding elements, cutting prongs secured within saidbody'portion at a point intermediate its length, and cutting prongssecured within said body portion adjacent its outer end and positionedin radiating relation.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED GIESENHAUS.

Witnesses:

A. D. SINCLAIR, J. G. BARGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

